The career criminal charged with fatally stabbing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on the Charlotte light rail system was indicted Wednesday on federal charges that could land him the death penalty, according to reports.
Accused killer Decarlos Brown Jr., 31, has been charged with violence against a railroad carrier and mass transportation system resulting in death after a federal grand jury in North Carolina returned an indictment against him, ABC News reported.
The charges make him eligible for the death penalty. Brown was allegedly caught in a harrowing video surveillance stabbing Zarutska, 23, to death on Aug. 22 on the Lynx Blue Line light rail in Charlotte.
Too bad for this career criminal that committing murder on mass transit, regardless of whether the system stays within state lines, is a federal crime. Still, the criminal justice system shares some of the blame for allowing this lifelong felon to remain on the streets in the first place. That said, I don’t personally support the death penalty, but I also won’t lose a wink of sleep if Brown ends up on death row.
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